ROME–For years now a common site in front of the city’s most known attraction, the Coliseum, has been men dressed as the soldiers and warriors who actually battled inside the arena more than 2,000 years ago.

These “gladiators and centurions” are a group of around 30 men ages from teens to their 60′s who pose for tourists in exchange for tips. They ask $7 to $10 for a photo. Sometimes they are even more aggressive.